hypocritical and sanctimonious talk, typically of a moral, religious, or political nature
he had no time for the cant of the priests about sin
language specific to a particular group or profession and regarded with disparagement
thieves' cant
talk hypocritically and sanctimoniously about something
if they'd stop canting about ‘honest work’ they might get somewhere
a slope or tilt
the outward cant of the curving walls
a wedge-shaped block of wood, especially one remaining after the better-quality pieces have been cut off
a squared-off cant remains, containing the knottiest wood